Gothamite

British  

/ ˈɡɒθəˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of New York City

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Etymology

Origin of Gothamite

C20: from Gotham , a nickname for New York City

Example Sentences

Bon vivant and wit Seamus O’Sullivan, a longtime staff writer of the Gothamite: Might this be Brendan Gill of the New Yorker?

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2015

While he serenades Manhattan with a smitten rendition of Cole Porter’s “I Happen to Like New York,” he lets us know that even as a Gothamite, he remains an easygoing, outdoors-loving Aussie.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2011

If a few of them chanced to be of Knickerbocker stock, and to bear the talisman which affords admission to the higher circles of Gothamite respectability, it is only what might have been expected.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

The ranchman’s look slashed through the space between him and the Gothamite.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

The native borned Gothamite mite have notissed, a short time since, a venerable lookin' ex-Statesman, dressed in a becomin' soot of clothes and a slick lookin' white hat.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 28, October 8, 1870 by Various